Automobile-windshield screen



G. W. CISSEL AND J. P. APPLEMN. AUTOMOBILE wmnsmuo scrum.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1919. 7 1,345,585. Patented M 3 m 2 SHEETS-SHEEI' l.

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G. W. CISSEL AND J. P. APPLEMAN. AUTOIIIOBiLE WINDSHIELD SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, I919.

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AUTOMOBILE-WINDSHIELD SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'filed July 29, 1919. Serial No 314,133.

T 0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, 1) Gnome W. Cissnr. and (2) JOHN P. rrLnMAN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in, Automobile-Windshield Screens, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shades or screens, particularly applicable for the wind shields of automobiles, the principal object of the invention being to provide a relatively simple and cheap but ractical device which can be easily and quickly attached. to the wind shield and adjusted to cut off or shade from the eyes of the chauffeur, as desired, the direct rays from the sun which would otherwise strike the upper section of the wind shield and cause harmful glare. The device is likewise effective at night for shading the drivers eyes from the glare of street lamps and of headlights carried by approaching vehicles. The device may fur ther be used to advantage to prevent the accumulation of rain and snow upon the glass of .a wind shield' With the above general objects in view, and others that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portionof an automobile showing the screen upte *ig. 2- is an enlargedtop plan view of a portion of Fig. 1, partly broken away and partly in section to illustrate details,

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. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of an end portion of the screen, parts being removed and in section,

Fig. leis an end view of a windshield with the screen applied, the mounting.-

bracket and the automobile top being shown partially in section,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the connection of the mounting bracket with the wind shield,

Fig. 6 s a detail view, partially in section, and taken substantially upon line.

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, Flg. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the ruountmg bracket for the screen,

B. g.-8 is a fragmentary detail'view in top plan and showing a modified form of mounting bracket,

Fig 9 is a view in elevation and partially in section of the modified form of mounting bracket shown applied to a wind shield member Whlch is partly broken away, and

10 is a fragmentary view, partly in sect1on, illustrating the adjustable connectlon between the adjacent ends of the screen frame members.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawmgs, thescreen includes a strip 5 of canvas or other suitable material having its rear end folded around the frame bar 6 and there retained by meansof stitching 7 or the like. A pair of substantially l..-shaped frame bars 8 are provided with eyes 9 at their free ends through whidh the threaded ends 10 of the bar 6 project, said frame bars 8 having their ends adjustably and detachably connected as at 11 at the central portion of the front edge of the strip 5. The frame bars 8 c0- operate to form-.the front bar of the screen and each of the same forms an end bar of said frame.

and are attached to the latter bars in any suitable manner such as by lacing or providing rings 12 which embrace the rods and extend through the strip 5. The bars 8 and mounting brackets 13 are preferably clamped upon the rod 6 between the nuts 14 which are threaded uponthe ends 10 of said rod 6.

The adjustable connection 11 is shown in detail in Fig. 10 wherein the sleeve 15 is rigidly fastened to one of the bars 8 and slidably receives the other one of the same. said rod being retained by the set screw 16 in adjusted positions. It will be apparent that by" reason of the connection 11, an adjustment may be had to accommodate the device to windshields of various widths, it being only necessary that the strip 5 be replaced Illlll strip of sheet metal with one end apertured ward inclination and provided with a longitudinal slot 25, one wall of which is rovided with a plurality of notches 26 within any one of which may be positioned the threaded end 10 of the frame bar 6. It is to be understood that a bracket 13 is provided at each upright bar 19 of the wind shield and by positioning the ends of the bar 6 in the proper one of the notches 26, the screen may be arranged with its rear edge the required distance forwardly or rearwardly of the front edge of the automobile top.

In order tosupport the forward portion of the screen and to hold the screen at the proper angle relative to the upper hinged wind shield section 27, we slidably arrange a sleeve 28 upon each of the bars 8 at the ends of the screen, frame and pivotally connect one end of a link 29 thereto as at 30, said link having its other end flattened and apertured so as to be received between the legs of the clamp 31 as shown in Fig. 6, a

bolt 32 being passed through said legs and the adjacent end of the link 29 and having a nut 33 threaded thereon to bind the parts against relative movement and to hold the clamp in any adjustable position upon the upright wind shield member or bar 19. The wind shield bars 19 are enlargedas at 19 at the bases of the bolts 18 where the wind shield section 27 is hinged to said bars, and the mounting brackets are slid onto the bolts 18 so as to rest upon said enlargements beneath the keepers 21.

If the screen is slightly smaller than the required size, the same may be utilized by the provision of the modified form of mounting bracket 13' shown in Figs. 8 and 9. This mounting bracket is formed in two parts which are pivotally connected as at 34, one part 35 being apertured for reception of the bolt 18 and the other being provided with a number of apertures 36 for selective reception of the threaded ends, of the frame bar 6. By this construction the member 35 of the mounting bracket 13 may be disposed at an angle to the other member of said mountin bracket and at an angle to the 1onygitudina axis of the automobile so as to utilize a smaller size screen and insure the proper position of the apertures 36. for re From the "foregoing description it will be seen that the screen may be tilted to any desired angle andsecured, and the operator of the machine may observe the road in advance of the machine by looking under the forward ed e of the screen.

It is belleved that the construction and operation of the present device will be readily understood by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description.

lVhile the embodiments of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be the preferable ones, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What we claim is:

1. The combination with the upright bolts of the detachable connection between an automobile wind shield and the forward end of the automobile top, of a screen extending forwardly and downwardly from the forward end of the top, and mounting brackets for said screen resting on said bolts, said mounting brackets including a section mounted for horizontal swinging movement on the bolt and a second section connected to the screen and pivotally connected to the first named section for horizontal movement relative thereto.

2. The combination with the upright bolts of the detachable connection between an automobile wind shield and top, of a screen extending forwardly from the wind shield, and mounting brackets for said screen mounted on said bolts, said mounting brackets including horizontal portions provided with apertures through which the bolts project and inclined portions twisted at right angles to the first named portions and detachably connected to the screen.

3. A screen for automobile wind shields comprising a rear bar having threaded ends, a pair of L-shaped bars having adjacent ends adjustably connected and provided with apertured free ends through which the threaded ends of the rear bar project, mounting brackets upon said threaded ends of the rear bar, nuts upon said rear bar between which said mounting brackets and L- shaped bars are retained. and means associated with the forward portion of the screen and adapted for adjustable connection with the upright bars of a wind shield to retain the screen in adjusted angular positions.

4. A screen for automobile wind shields comprising a rear bar having threaded ends, a air of L-shaped bars having adjacent en s adjustably connected and provided with apertured free ends through which the threaded ends of the rear bar project,

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ti ll mounting hraclrets upon said threaded ends of the rear har, nuts upon said rear har hetween which said mounting hraclrets and la shaped bars are retained, and means asso ciated with the forward portion of the screen and adapted for adjustahle connection with the upright hars of a wind shield to retain the screen in adjusted angular positions, said last named means including a link pivotally associated with the lrshaped bars.

5. A screen for automobile wind shields comprising a rear har having threaded ends, a pair of l..-shaped hars having adjacent ends adjustahly connected and provided with apertured free ends through which the threaded ends of the rear har, project, mounting hraclrets upon said threaded" ends of the rear har, nuts upon said rear har hetween which said mounting hraclrets and trshaped hars are retained, and means associated with the forward portion of the screen and adapted for adjustable connection with the upright hars of a wind shield to retain the screen in adjusted angular positions, said last named means including a linlr pivotally and slidahly associated with the lw-shaped hars.

6. The combination with'the upright bars of a wind shield having holts upon their upper ends and provided with enlargements at the leases of said holts, a to having keepers at its forward end in w ich said holts are adapted to he retained, of mounting hraclrets havin aertures through which said bolts are disposed, said mounting hraclrets resting on said enlargements, a screen extending fpvrwardly' and downwardly from the forward end of said top and carried hy said mounting hraclrets, saidscreen heing pivoted "to said mounting hraclrets for vertical movement, and means associated with the forward portion of the s arson and with said upright windshield hars for supporting the screen adjustahly at various inclinations. i v 7. The comhination with the upright here of a windshield having holts upon their upper ends and provided with enlargements at the of said holts, and a top having keepers at its forward end in which said holts are adapted to he retained, of mount" ing" hraclrets resting on said enlargements and having apertures through which said holts are disposed, said lreepers suhstantially resting on said hraclrets when said holts are disposed in said lreepers and the top is try and a shreen entending forwardly and down resting on said hraclrets when said holts are disposed in said keepers and the top is up, a screen extending forwardly and downwardly from the forward end of said top and carried by said mounting hraclrets, said screen heing pivoted to said mounting hraclrets for vertical movement, and means to retain said screen at various inclinations.

9. The combination with the upright hars of a windshield having holts upon their upper ends and provided with enlargements at i the leases of said bolts, and a top having keepers at its forward end in which said holts are adapted to be retained, of mount ing hraclrets resting on said enlargements and having apertures through which said holts are disposed, said hoe ers substantially resting on said brackets w en said holts are disposed in said keepers and the to is up, a screen eatendin forwardly an downwardly from the in and carried hy said mounting hraeltots, said screep heing pivoted to said mounting hrac ets at a point below the portions of the saline which rest upon said enlargeents, and means to swing said screen vertically to various inclinations.

7 10. The comhination with the upright hum of a windshield having holts upon their upper ends and-provided with enlargements at the hases of said holts, and a top having lreepers at its forward end in which said holts are adapted to he retained, of mount ing hraclrets having tint-horizontal portions which rest on said enlargements and which have apertures through which saidholts disposed, mounting hraclrets further in masses or resin a marina;

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